I actually found this about the time of the Virginia Tech event. Everybody was saying, "This is even bigger than columbine!" The only thing I knew about Columbine was that people who wore trench coats shot up a school because they were being picked up, so I logically had a lot of questions that weren't answered by WIkipedia. Just though I'd share it with you guys and see what every body thinks.

I was a sophmore in college when it happened. About a week later, the school sent out a letter saying that there was a webpage that made threats towards the school and that two people had been detained in connection with it. The next day, a lot of people didn't show up.

Mind you, I don't think people skipped out of fear for their lives - I think they skipped because it just provided them with an excuse.

And I also suspect there were quite a few copycats of that sort. Ours only ever made it to the local news.